Michelle Carey

Apr 10, 2017

Michelle represents undocumented youth and survivors of interpersonal violence in immigration matters and supervises staff in the Immigration program. Michelle received her B.A. from Cornell University in English and Women’s Studies and her J.D. and M.A. in Urban Planning from UCLA. While at UCLA School of Law, Michelle completed the Epstein Public Interest Program in Law and Policy and graduated with a concentration in Critical Race Studies. Before attending law school, she taught 9th and 12th grade English at Locke High School in Watts. In her previous work as a Staff Attorney at the Immigration Center for Women and Children, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Neighborhood Legal Services, and the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Michelle represented hundreds of low income, undocumented survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other violent crimes in their immigration matters. Michelle is also Adjunct Faculty at the USC Price School of Public Policy where she teaches an undergraduate course on immigration policy and at the USC School of Social Work where she teaches a graduate course on domestic violence. Michelle speaks Spanish.